Beef Week draws large crowd to weekly cattle sale The cow price reached 339c/kg at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle Sale last Wednesday. Picture: Contributed
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A packed crowd of spectators watched on as the cow price reached 339c/kg at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle Sale last Wednesday, a 12c/kg surge compared to the previous sale.
TopX Gracemere’s Morgan Harris said Beef Australia 2021 had increased onlookers and added a few extra buyers to the bidding gallery.
“Across the board, the market was firm to dearer,” Mr Harris said.
Smaller yarding doesnât dampen buyersâ spirits Monty Wilson, Elders, with 70 No 0 Brahman Heifers which topped at 395c/kg. Picture: Contributed
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A smaller yarding at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle Sale on Wednesday didnât dampen buyersâ spirits with high bids for quality cattle.
More than 2280 went under the hammer from as far west as Clermont.
TopX Gracemere Brad Mulvihill said better pens were rewarded with the high rates of the previous week.
âSlaughter cattle went well at about five cents dearer, but the real highlight were feeder heifers,â Mr Mulvihill said.
Feeder steers in high demand at CQLX this week Top X Gracemere agent Brad Mulvihill, with clients Andrew and Nancy Creed, of Creed Grazing Company, and their Brahman steers which reached 440c/kg, weighed 412kg to return $1700/head.
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Feeder steers peaked at 440c/kg at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange (CQLX) Prime and Store Cattle Sale on Wednesday, where a Red Brahman offering of 287 European Union accredited stock was snapped up by lot feeders and restockers alike.
The quality line, from Andrew and Nancy Creed, of Creed Grazing Company, Raglan, averaged 412kg and returned $1700/head.
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